Harvester for pea-vines.



J. .M. .TURRENTINE.

HARVESTER FOR PEA VINES.

APPLICATION FILED 1320. a, 1912.

1,057,688. Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

Witnesses Inventor 7 91/ III y Attorneys 40 elevation of the machine.

JAMES M. TURBENTINE, OF PIGKTON, TEXAS.

HARVESTER FOR PEA-VINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 6, 1912.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

Serial No. 735,308.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. TURREN- TINE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing In some localities it is customary to raise pea vinesfor use as hay but considerable difficulty has always been experiencedin properly harvesting them.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a simple butefficient form of harvester which will operate to cut the vines so thatthey can be collected readily in the same manner as ordinary hay, saidmechanism operating to cut downwardly on those vines extending acrossthe path of the machine and to at the same time sever the vines adjacentthe path of the machine, a laterally extending scythe being provided forthis last mentioned purpose.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is Claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a side Fig. 2 is a bottom plan viewthereof.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a beamhaving handles 2 extending upwardly and rearwardly therefrom. Secured tothe sides of the beam adjacent the front end thereof and extendingdownwardly and rearwardly therefrom, are side strips 3 preferably formedof metal and which merge into parallel rearwardly extending portions 1.A disk cutter 5 is arranged below the beam 1 and between the lower endsof the portions 3, this disk being adapted to both support the frontportion of the beam 1 and to act as a cutter for severing vines in thepath of the disk. A

substantially triangular colter 6 is interposed between the rear endportions of the strips 4; and is adapted to cut into the soil and thusprevent side draft of the rear end portion of the machine. A standard 7may be extended downwardly from the rear end portion of beam 1 andfastened between the strips 4 by one of the bolts 8 employed forsecuring the colter 6 in position. Extending upwardly between the strips1 close to and back of the disk 5 is a plate 9 having an upwardlyextending series of apertures 10, certain of which are adapted toreceive a pair of fastening bolts 11 or the like. This plate has alaterally extending scythe 12 thereon which is preferably curved asshown so as to produce a shearing out upon the vines with which itcontacts.-

It will be apparent that when the machine is drawn forward the disk 5will cut through the vines in the path thereof while the scythe 12 willshear off the vines located at one side of the path of the disk. Thecolter 6 will of course hold the scythe constantly at the proper angleto. the path of movement. As the plate 9 is adjustable vertically, thescythe can be easily arranged so as to travel at any desired distancefrom the surface of the ground.

Importance is attached to the fact that the device herein described isvery simple and durable in construction and will efficiently operate forthe purpose intended. The various parts thereof will not become readilydisplaced and all of them can be easily repaired in the event of injurythereto.

What is claimed is 1. A machine of the class described including a diskcutter constituting a supporting wheel, a laterally extending scytheback of and adapted to travel with the cutter, and means cooperatingwith the disk for maintaining the scythe at a predetermined angle to thepath of movement of the disk.

2. A machine of the class described including a beam, downwardly andrearwardly extending strips fixedly connected thereto, a cutting diskjournaled between the strips and constituting a supporting wheel, avertically adjustable member between the strips, and a laterallyextending scythe carried by said member.

3. A machine of the class described including a beam, downwardly andrearwardly extending strips fixedly connected thereto, a cutting diskjo-urnaled between the strips and constituting a supporting wheel, alaterally extending scythe connected to the strips, and a colterextending downwardly from said strips and back of the scythe.

4. A machine of the class described including a beam, downwardly andrearwardly extending strips fixedly connected thereto, a cutting diskjournaled between the strips and constituting a supporting wheel, avertically adjustable member between the 10 strips, a laterallyextending scythe carried by the said member, and a colter secured between and extending downwardly from the strips back of the adjustablemember.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature 15 Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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